Damage is reported as severe weather rolls across Mass.

Flash flood warnings were put in effect around Boston, as severe weather is expected to sweep across the state. Earlier, a tornado warning was issued in Central Massachusetts, and damage was reported.

Live Updates

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The National Weather Service is issuing a number of severe weather alerts Saturday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_29convention39_MET.jpg As Charlie Baker revs up reelection campaign, help has already arrived

A Republican-backed super PAC that poured nearly $12 million into Baker?s 2014 victory is splashing a cheery, 32-second spot across local televisions, touting his lofty polling and the state?s humming economy.

Smith College campus in Northampton, Mass.

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Smith staffer put on leave after calling police on black student

A Smith College employee who called campus police Tuesday to report that a black student eating her lunch looked ?out of place? has been put on leave.

A ?Black Lives Matter? banner hung on a building of Smith College on Friday.

COMMENTARY | Jeneé Osterheldt

?All I did was be black.? It?s not just Smith College. America?s racism has no lone wolf

Don?t wrap yourself in the comfort of believing these are isolated incidents. Don?t nestle into the distance, ready to believe this doesn?t happen in your neighborhood.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/04/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/Rex_US_President_Donald_J_Trump_hol_9778128AG.jpg After LeBron James is critical of Trump, the president tweets back

LeBron James criticized President Trump in a television interview, prompting a tweet by the president that returned the sentiment.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/MickeyRivera.jpg Court documents shed new light on Cape Cod driver?s criminal past

Filings raise questions about whether Mickey A. Rivera posed too great a public safety risk to warrant bail in a 2015 case and whether the fatal accident could have been prevented.

Lobster festival ?sea goddess? dethroned over online photos

The 2018 Maine Lobster Festival Sea Goddess has been dethroned less than 24 hours after she was crowned because of what organizers described as photos of ?inappropriate behavior? on her social media page.

Cyclists make their way through the gate at the start of the 2018 Pan-Mass Challenge in Sturbridge, Massachusetts on August 4, 2018. Thousands of cyclists participate in the yearly ride which raises money for cancer research. Photo by Matthew Healey

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39th Pan-Mass Challenge launches Saturday morning

The 39th Pan-Mass Challenge kicked off early Saturday morning with more than 6,300 cyclists participating in one-day rides and two-day rides that continue into Sunday.

Alejandra Juarez,38, left, says goodbye to her children, Pamela and Estela at the Orlando International Airport on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. Juarez, the wife of a former Marine is preparing to self-deport to Mexico in a move that would split up their family. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Facing deportation, US Marine?s wife leaves for Mexico

Temo Juarez didn?t figure his vote for President Trump would affect them personally. That was before the enforcement of Trump?s ??zero tolerance?? policy toward illegal immigration.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_17R4O8.jpg Las Vegas gunman lost over $1.5 million before mass shooting

Stephen Paddock had lost more than $1.5 million in the two years before the Oct. 1 shooting that left 58 people dead.

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One of Paul Manafort?s tax preparers admitted Friday that she helped disguise $900,000 in foreign income as a loan in order to reduce the former Trump campaign chairman?s tax burden.

Rick Porcello (22) gets the hero shower following his masterful pitching performance as he went 9 innings in the 4-1 win over the New York Yankees in Game 2 of a four game series at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 04Red Sox-Yankees, LOID: 8.4.2729609219.

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RED SOX 4, YANKEES 1

On a wild night at Fenway, Rick Porcello put together a masterpiece

The righthander faced only 28 hitters, allowing one hit and striking out nine without a walk in an 86-pitch masterpiece.

Boston, MA - 8/03/2018 - (1st inning) Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora (20) is restrained by umpire Phil Cuzzi (10) as he argues with home plate umpire Adam Hamari (78) during the first inning. Cora was ejected from the game. The Boston Red Sox host the New York Yankees in Game 2 of a four game series at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 04Red Sox-Yankees, LOID: 8.4.2729609219.

Tensions mount as Red Sox manager Alex Cora ejected in first inning

Cora questioned the plate umpire?s decision to issue warnings to both the Sox and Yankees after a ball sailed near Mookie Betts?s head.

TARA SULLIVAN

/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tara_Sullivan-20657.tif ?I was upset at the whole situation?: Alex Cora made the loudest statement of all

The manager?s fiery response to a pitch thrown near Mookie Betts?s head earned the respect of his players.

Boston Red Sox's Mookie Betts tosses the ball around the horn as he plays second base in a baseball game against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

For Mookie Betts, it was ?like a dream come true? to move to second base

?That?s why I take my ground balls, just in case,? the Red Sox? star right fielder said of happily moving to his old position.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/americanchaffseed2.png Endangered plant that hasn?t been seen in Mass. for 50 years found on Cape Cod

A ?jaw-dropping? find puts to rest a decades-long search in Massachusetts.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/02tattoo.jpg ?NOT a Nazi?: Worcester County Sheriff?s Office defends employee?s tattoo

The Massachusetts Bail Fund tweeted a picture of a correctional officer?s tattoo that they claimed had ties to white supremacy. Turns out, it was the employee?s old football number.

NESTOR RAMOS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/nestor-18662.jpg With Bird scooters about to be pulled off Cambridge streets, I decided to set one free

I was going to do my best to preserve one of these endangered creatures by riding it all the way home to Quincy, out of the reach of Birdnappers.

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SUBURBAN DIARY

Please. Thank you. And other words to live by in a cruel world

A Hingham teacher retells the lesson she learned from her grandmother many years ago.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Candid%2012-8362.jpeg Year Up helping more young adult workers get a leg up

A study has shown that graduates are benefitting from the largest earnings gain associated with any workforce program in US history.

Speaker of the House Robert A. DeLeo (center).

Legislature unable to push through union-friendly bill

Speaker Robert DeLeo may have to wait until 2019 to pass protections for public-sector unions, which were dealt a body blow in a recent US Supreme Court case.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Debate_01.jpg Massie, Gonzalez attempt to emphasize differences in primary debate

The candidates attempted to differentiate themselves based on who had the most piercing criticism of Governor Charlie Baker.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/FlyingHorsesCarousel_29kidsdonow_05_tvl.jpg 10 things to do in New England while your kids are still young

There are certain places in New England that are a whole lot more fun ? and magical ? when young kids are along. Here are 10 favorites.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Eldred_sAuctionHouse_03jfkauction_07_met.jpg Is JFK?s luster fading? Key memorabilia doesn?t sell

An auction Friday of some of the most iconic items associated with the Kennedy White House fell well short of the pre-sale hype.

WEST OF BOSTON

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/JohnHilliard_05welimebikes_01_we-001.jpg Newton goes lime with dockless bike-share program

LimeBike?s bicycles appeared in Newton in late July, with more to come from another company ? Spin ? in August.

SOUTH OF BOSTON

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/26/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/ryan_quincymedical1_met-8986.jpg Quincy hospital site to become housing

The owner?s representatives said they plan to demolish nearly all of the former Quincy Medical Center and build 598 units of rental housing.

Dinner with Cupid

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/CupidAUG.jpg ?He ordered before I had even looked at the menu?

Will this date be doomed from the very start?

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0e0c44e592964b68aad7d2cefa03807b-0e0c44e592964b68aad7d2cefa03807b-0.jpg A battery for the next century? It could happen here

Mother Nature isn?t making any more cobalt or nickel.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Capture2.JPG An oral history of LeBron James and the 2003 UMass-Boston Summer League

How the 2003 Boston Summer League helped introduce LeBron James to the NBA.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Off%20the%20Charts.jpg Dear Atul: As you go on your listening tour, don?t forget about mental health

As CEO of the health care venture from Amazon and partners, Gawande could make a huge impact on mental health.

Globe event

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/SeattleTimes_10kirsner02_biz.jpg Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/FlfQGTy9_585.jpg More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever

A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/lovelettersalbum.jpg Getting over a breakup

Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

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Real Estate

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As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, July 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: the Puerto Rican Parade, Taylor Swift performing at Gillette Stadium, and celebrating fourth of July.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.